R&S FSW Signal and Spectrum Analyzer Release Notes Firmware Version V2.80 These Release Notes are for following models of the R&S FSW Signal and Spectrum Analyzer: R&S FSW8, order no. 1312.8000K08, R&S FSW13, order no. 1312.8000K13, R&S FSW26, order no. 1312.8000K26, R&S FSW43 order no. 1312.8000K43, R&S FSW50, order no. 1312.8000K50, R&S FSW67, order no. 1312.8000K67, R&S FSW85, order no. 1312.8000K85 2017 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Muehldorfstr. 15, 81671 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 41 29-0 Fax: +49 89 41 29 12 164 E-mail: mailto:info@rohde-schwarz.com Internet: http://www.rohde-schwarz.com Subject to change. R&S is a registered trademark of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG. Trade names are trademarks of the owners. The following abbreviations are used throughout this document: R&S FSW is abbreviated as R&S FSW. Release Notes Test and Measurement PAD-T-M: 3574.3288.02/02.00/CI/1/EN/
Table of Contents 1... 3 1.1 New s... 3 1.2 Modified s... 7 1.3 Improvements... 9 1.4 Known Issues...13 1.5 Changing of solid state disks between different types of CPU boards...15 1.6 Missing smartcard message...15 1.7 Modifications to the Documentation...15 2 Firmware Update... 16 2.1 Performing the Firmware Update on the Instrument...16 2.2 Performing the Firmware Update from a Windows PC...17 2.3 Operation with and without Administrator Rights...18 2.4 Installing Firmware Options...19 2.4.1 Firmware options included in basic instrument...19 2.4.2 Other Firmware Options within the FSWSetup.exe File...19 2.4.3 Enabling Options by Entering Option Key Codes...20 3 Customer Support... 21 Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 2
1 1.1 New s The following table lists the new functions and indicates the version in which the new function was introduced: New functions of Firmware V2.80 Version V2.80 Support for FSW-K19 Noise Power Ratio (NPR) measurement V2.80 Support for FSW-B106 Extension to 6 GB I/Q Memory for R&S FSW-B160, B160R or B320 [requires Detector Extension Board, Rev 2 (1328.4300.xx) and CPU board IPC11) FSW-B106 is supported in IQ Analyzer, MSRA & FSW-K6. V2.80 FSW-B1200/B2001: CCDF/APD measurement now supports bandwidths 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz or 2 GHz. V2.80 FSW-B5000 supports FSW-B21 for external mixers up to 2 GHz bandwidth V2.80 Supports Continuous Gating after one external trigger event. V2.80 New self alignment features: Await warm-up operation and Shutdown after Alignment supported. These features can also be selected from the FSWSetup.exe installation program. V2.80 I/Q File as Input Source is now additionally supported in the following Applications: IQ Analyzer incl. MSRA K7 Analog Modulation Analysis for AM/FM/φM K10 GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution/VAMOS Measurements K15 VOR/ILS Measurements K17 Multicarrier Group Delay Measurements K100-K105 EUTRA/LTE Measurements K106 EUTRA/LTE NB-IoT Downlink Measurements K70 Vector Signal Analysis K72/K73 3G FDD BTS / UE K76/K77 TD-SCDMA BTS /UE K82/K83 CDMA2000 BTS/ MS K84/K85 1xEV-DO BTS/ MS V2.80 Support of remote command DEVice:INFO:HWBand? to read out band break frequencies in zero span mode. V2.80 FSW-K6: Segmented capture with FSW-B1200/2001 supported V2.80 FSW-K7: Supports Band Power/Deviation Markers in the displays: RF spectrum, AM spectrum, PM spectrum and FM spectrum. V2.80 FSW-K17: Remote trace query now supports 64 bit. Select this format by using the command "FORMat:DATA REAL,64" prior to querying the trace data. V2.80 FSW-K18: The Read and Load Current Signal from Generator -functionality now also supports SMW-K141 (802.11ad), SMW-K118 (V5GTF) and SMW-K542 (Power Sweep) V2.80 FSW-K60C/FSW-K60H: Supports FM settling and PM settling measurements V2.80 FSW-K60C: Supports Chirp Frequency INL (integral non-linearity) measurements V2.80 FSW-K70: Support of FSW-K70P BER Measurements with PRBS sequences V2.80 FSW-K70: Increased precision for filter roll-off factor (Alpha/BT). Now three digits after the decimal point can be entered. V2.80 FSW-K70: Several new mappings (e.g. for 1024QAM and 4096QAM) V2.80 FSW-K91: Support for FSW-B1200 & FSW-B2001 options V2.80 FSW-K100: New settings to exclude a specific resource block which is used for embedded NB-IoT. This feature is only available in case that option FSW-K102 is installed Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 3
New functions of Firmware V2.72 Version V2.72 Support for FSW-B5000: 5 GHz Analysis Bandwidth with application I/Q Analyzer for model FSW85. Requires R&S RTO2064. V2.72 Support of external amplifiers for FSW85. V2.72 FSW-K118: Extended Physical Broadcast Channel is supported. V2.72 FSW-K118/K119: Data capture (via Max BW function) and IQ import supports different sampling rates. New functions of Firmware V2.71 Version V2.71 Support of FSW-K118 V5GTF Downlink Measurements V2.71 Support of FSW-K119 V5GTF Uplink Measurements V2.71 FSW-K70: Supports an oversampling of 2 (i.e. Sample Rate = 2*Symbol Rate) for PSK/QAM modulations V2.71 FSW-K70: Supports equalizer with an oversampling of 2 for PSK/QAM modulations V2.71 FSW-K91AX: HE MU PPDU Auto Configuration according to the HE-SIG-B field. All HE MU results (except Signal Content Detailed) are based on the RU in the first row of the HE PPDU Configuration table. V2.71 FSW-K91AX: Added Signal Content Detailed Table of Results V2.71 FSW-K91AX: Support for 13.6µs Guard Interval + HE-LTF Size (4xHE-LTF + 1xGI1) V2.71 FSW-K91: Added additional SCPI commands to obtain the EVMs of all the PPDUs found in the last capture. FETCh:BURSt:PPDU:EVM:ALL:AVERage? FETCh:BURSt:PPDU:EVM:DATA:AVERage? FETCh:BURSt:PPDU:EVM:PILot:AVERage? V2.71 Legacy pro: FSU command INP:MIX:AUTO ON added New functions of Firmware V2.70 Version V2.70 FSW43/50: Support of FSW-B2001 option (extension to internal 2000 MHz Signal Analysis Bandwidth) in I/Q Analyzer, FSW-K7, FSW-K18 and FSW-K70. FSW-U2001 to upgrade from FSW-B1200 supported as well. V2.70 FSW43/50: Support of FSW-B1200 option (extension to 1200 MHz Signal Analysis Bandwidth) in FSW-K70 V2.70 Support of FSW-B90G Frequency extension up to 90 GHz for FSW85 V2.70 Support of FSW-K106 NB-IoT Measurements V2.70 Support of FSW-K201 OneWeb RL (SC-FDMA) Measurements V2.70 Support of FSW-K544 Frequency Response Correction (remote control only) V2.70 Support of FSW-B512 (1331.7106.04) and FSW-B512R (1331.7106.06) including a 200 MHz bandpass filter in front of the ADC. V2.70 FSW-B1200: Support of external and IF-Power Trigger V2.70 SEM Measurement: WLAN IEEE802.11ax supports now standard files with VBW of 7.5 khz in FFT mode. V2.70 SEM Measurement: WLAN IEEE802.11ay standard files added V2.70 New function Reuse of old Alignment Data to preserve self alignment data over a firmware update. V2.70 Legacy Pro: Added POW:ATT:STEP to PSA emulation V2.70 I/Q Analyzer: Supports trace export for all diagrams Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 4
Version V2.70 FSW-K6: Increased pulse analysis limit to 200,000 pulses V2.70 FSW-K18: Equalized I/Q data (generated with K18 equalizer) can now be stored to file. V2.70 FSW-K18: New measurement results for parallel baseband mode Envelope Current vs Power and Envelope Voltage vs Power V2.70 FSW-K18: Support of FSW-B21 (harmonic mixers) V2.70 FSW-K70: Start of the current result range within the capture buffer can now be queried with sample precision by [SENSe:]DDEMod:SEARch:MBURst:STARt:SAMPles? V2.70 FSW-K91 802.11ax: Added Unused Tone Error & Summary Measurements V2.70 FSW-K91 802.11ax: Support for human readable SCPI output for Signal Fields via FETCh:SFIeld:ALL? V2.70 FSW-K100/104: The parameter Channel Estimation can now be set to Off, which deactivates the equalizing filter. New functions of Firmware V2.60/V2.61 Version V2.61 FSW50: Support of FSW-B1200 option (extension to 1200 MHz Signal Analysis Bandwidth) in I/Q Analyzer, FSW-K7 and FSW-K18 V2.60 FSW43: Support of FSW-B1200 option (extension to 1200 MHz Signal Analysis Bandwidth) in I/Q Analyzer, FSW-K7 and FSW-K18 V2.60 Support of FSW-K18D Direct DPD Measurements V2.60 Support of FSW-K91ax WLAN IEEE802.11ax Measurements V2.60 Remote trace query and IQ trace query now support 64 bit (more precise) or 16 bit (faster). Select the format with the commands FORMat REAL,64 or FORMat REAL,16 prio to querying the trace data. V2.60 FSW85: Support of Preselector Adjust function V2.60 Legacy Pro: Commands DA and KS126 are now supported. V2.60 Support of open source acknowledgement information pages on the instrument. V2.60 The Display-> Configure Monitor dialog now contains a button ("Repair"), which can be used to adjust the screen resolution to its default values after disconnecting a monitor or projector. V2.60 A touch on the LXI logo at the right bottom of the screen now opens the LXI Configuration Dialog which also shows the IP address and Computer Name of the device. V2.60 Version of the applied Frequency Response Alignment software is shown in the Hardware Info dialog. V2.60 FSW-B2000: Supports R&S RTO2064 V2.60 FSW-B2000: Supports Power Splitter Mode V2.60 I/Q Analyzer and FSW-K7: Support of Spectrogram Diagram (switched on via trace menu) V2.60 FSW-K6: Supports measurement results for pulse envelope model. V2.60 FSW-K6: Supports configuration to highlight data points in the trend display. V2.60 FSW-K17: Supports automatic display scaling in Scale Config dialog V2.60 FSW-K18: Supports equalizer function V2.60 FSW-K18: Supports I/Q averaging function V2.60 FSW-K70: Supports 32-FSK V2.60 FSW-K70: Supports an oversampling of 64 and 128 V2.60 FSW-K70: Supports dbmv and dbµv as units V2.60 FSW-K50: Support of Meas Time and RBW output reading in channel info bar. V2.60 FSW-K100/104: Supports 1024QAM demodulation in Detection Mode Predefined. This feature requires the FSW-K102 option. V2.60 FSW-K100: Supports following new result displays: - UE-specific RS Weights Magnitude - UE-specific RS Weights Phase - Cell ID RS Weights Magnitude - Cell IR RS Weights Phase - CSI RS Weights Magnitude - CSI RS Weights Phase Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 5
Version - Beamforming Allocation Summary V2.60 FSW-K101/105: Support of 256QAM demodulation. This feature requires the FSW-K103 option V2.60 FSW-K193: Supports Synchronous Band Power Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 6
1.2 Modified s The following table lists the modified functions and indicates the version in which the modification was carried out: Modified functions of Firmware V2.80: Version V2.80 Renamed the toggle External preamplifier ON/OFF to Ext. PA Correction ON/OFF V2.80 FSW-B10: Switching the B10 source state to OFF now also sets the RF state of the connected external generator to OFF. V2.80 FSW-B160R/B512R: MSRT mode: I/Q Export is now additionally supported for IQ Analyzer, FSW-K7 and FSW-K70. V2.80 FSW-B160R/B512R: I/Q Export exports dwell time instead of either the Spectrum sweep time or the PvT sweep time, whichever is larger. V2.80 FSW-K18D: Direct DPD now also supports bursted (= TDD) signals. V2.80 FSW-K18: Marker 1 is now automatically set to Restart on the connected generator when using Generate Own Signal or Direct DPD. V2.80 FSW-K70: For very large capture oversampling rates ( 64), a lower number of display points per symbol (i.e. 32) is now used by default to avoid prolonged display times and extremely large amounts of trace data. Modified functions of Firmware V2.72: Version V2.72 Modified settling times at signal path transitions > 8 GHz. Modified functions of Firmware V2.71: Version V2.71 Modified settling times at signal path transitions at 8 GHz. V2.71 FSW-K91AX: The command to configure the PPDU Format to measure SENSe:DEMod:FORMat:BANalyze:BTYPe:AUTO:TYPE now allows a new parameter AIHM, to support Auto Decoding & Configuration of HE-MU PPDUs. The command to configure the Guard Interval + HE-LTF Size, CONFigure:WLAN:GTIMe:AUTO:TYPE now allows a new parameter L4G1 (13.6µs = 4xHE-LTF + 1xGI1). CONFigure:WLAN:RUConfig:RUINdex:HIGHest has been renamed to CONFigure:WLAN:RUConfig:COUNt:HIGHest. CONFigure:WLAN:RUConfig:SEGMent1:CHANnel1:RULocation1: RUINdex:HIGHest has been renamed to CONFigure:WLAN:RUConfig:SEGMent1:CHANnel1:RULocation1: COUNt:HIGHest. Modified functions of Firmware V2.70: Version V2.70 FSW-B1200/B2001: Increased I/Q memory size available for selected sampling rates. For example 400 Msamples are now possible for Sampling Rate 1250 MHz (Analysis Bandwidth 1000 MHz) and for Sampling Rate 2500 MHz (Analysis Bandwidth 2000 MHz). For other Sampling Rates the value is smaller. V2.70 If a self alignment was started in an aligned instrument state and this alignment is aborted upon user request, the previous alignment data are now restored. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 7
Version V2.70 Additional information in the status bar about External Reference missing added, which also reflects the status after a finished single sweep. V2.70 FSW-K70: FSK Ref Deviation can now be set to 60 * Symbol Rate (15 * Symbol Rate before) V2.70 FSW-K91 802.11ax: N_HE_LTF is also available for Trig Based PPDU types V2.70 FSW-K95/K192/K193: CSV file format now supported for ACSII trace export V2.70 FSW-K193: Sample clock error results can now be normalized with reference to the sample clock error of the CMTS Modified functions of Firmware V2.60: Version V2.60 Harmonic Mixer support: Maximum number of harmonics extended to 128. V2.60 Remote Control: The length of the Error Queue has been changed from 5 to 16 entries. Now, after 16 errors, the error queue is full and the last error will be "Queue Overflow". It is possible to clear the error queue, e.g. with *CLS, or to read the errors with SYST:ERR? and empty the queue entry by entry. V2.60 Legacy Pro: MKF command now returns always 11 digits after the decimal point. V2.60 FSW-B160R/B512R: Removed the "Continue Single Sweep" softkey. Continue Single Sweep is not supported in Real-Time operation. V2.60 FSW-B160R/B512R: Added "Activate" button to Frequency Mask Trigger dialog. The FMT is no longer enabled automatically when exiting the dialog. V2.60 FSW-K18: Changed name of AM/EVM measurement to EVM vs Input Power or EVM vs Output Power. V2.60 FSW-K30/K40: The visibility and limit check functions of limit lines can now be controlled separately. V2.60 FSW-K192: Modified Downstream BER result in case of code word errors. FSW-K192/K193: Analysis of signals with considerable symbol/sample clock errors improved. FSW-K193: Improved Upstream Auto Frame Configuration. Continuous Minislots without excluded subcarriers are no longer a prerequisite. (Remaining preconditions: given Center Frequency, given N FFT, only one profile, only pilot patterns 1-4 and 8-11, a minimum of 32 pilot subcarriers) Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 8
1.3 Improvements The following tables list the improvements and indicate since which version the issue could be observed: Improvements of Firmware V2.80 Since V2.20 FSW8/FSW13: The limits of the reference level were not updated correctly after changing the preamplifier from 15 db to 30 db. This issue is solved. V2.70 Using the FFT in speed mode with a center frequency above 500 MHz, the noise representation of the readings up to 450 MHz was not flat. This issue is solved. V2.20 FSW-B160R/B512R: MSRT slave data was slightly misaligned in time, becoming more noticeable at smaller spans. This issue is solved. V2.00 FSW-B160R/B512R: Undo/Redo didn't undo/redo changes to the PvT sweep time. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-B160R/B512R: After opening and closing the Edit Frequency Mask dialog with External Trigger, the Trigger Source wouldn't be reset to External Trigger correctly. This issue is solved. V2.40 FSW-B512R: The zoomed area did not match the selection in the unzoomed diagram. This issue is solved. V2.40 FSW-B512R: Spikes and other artifacts may occur sometimes in the spectrum. This issue is solved. V2.40 FSW-K6: The segment length was inadvertently changed when the user modified the acquisition filter or bandwidth or activated the segment capture mode. In this case the desired segment length had to be re-entered by the user. This issue is resolved. V2.70 FSW-K7: The values of HP and LP filters were missing on hardcopies. This issue is solved. V1.70 FSW-K7: For very short measurement times (e.g. DBW 100 khz, Meas Time 104 us) the AM trigger level was instable. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: Using iq-tar files as reference signal source is now working. V2.70 FSW-K18: In MultiView the results of the Parameter Sweep were unintentionally hidden. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: All bandwidth toggle buttons are now displayed as expected for instruments with FSW-B2001 or FSW-B1200. V2.70 FSW-K18: When training the FSW-K18 equalizer, instead of the averaged I/Q data, only the last I/Q capture was used. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: Improved appearance of spectrum trace for short result ranges. V2.70 FSW-K30: FSW8/13 with FSW-B24: The user interface did not show the preamp gain from the save set after recall, although the value was actually recalled and used. This issue is solved. V1.70 FSW-K54: Remote control: Using 6 traces and 8 limit lines lead to a SCPI error. This issue is solved. V2.72 FSW-K192/193: In some cases, remote operation was unresponsive after performing autolevel when no appropriate trigger was available. This issue is solved. V2.72 FSW-K91 802.11ax: Improved Timing Tracking (Sample Frequency Offset SFO compensation) in case of large sample clock errors. V2.70 FSW-K95: The gain Imbalance value in the result summary sometimes displayed an unrealistic value (in the range of -100 db) when looking at a single PPDU only. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K544: ACLR Measurement: if using an S2P frequency correction file and noise cancellation in parallel, the traces reflect both corrections, but the ACLR readings did not take the frequency correction into account. This issue is solved. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 9
Improvements of Firmware V2.72 Since V2.70 FSW-K18: Using I/Q Average Count softkey from the Sweep menu sometimes got the I/Q averaging into an inconsistent state. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: FSW-K18: It was not possible to train the FSW-K18 equalizer based on I/Q averaged data. Even when I/Q averaging was activated, the equalizer training was done only on the I/Q data of one I/Q recording. This issue is solved. V2.50 FSW-K95: Fixed an issue that caused the Gain Imbalance result in the Result Summary to be incorrect when only a single PPDU was selected. V2.70 FSW-K100/101/104/105: Fixed a firmware lock up which sometimes happened by switching between uplink- and downlink mode V1.50 FSW-K100/104: Reading out the results by SCPI for more than one TX channel was not supported in ACLR measurement as the command CALCulate1:MARKer1:FUNCtion:POWer1:RESult? MCACpower was not supported. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K101/105: In case of EVM measurements with 2 component carriers, frequencies above 26.4 GHz were not accepted. This issue is solved. Improvements of Firmware V2.71 Since V2.70 Entering an option key code manually lead to a lock up of the firmware. Nevertheless the key code was working fine after a reboot. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW85 & FSW-B2000: For frequencies above 43 GHz the signal level may disappear. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: Pressing softkey "Update DPD Tables on Generator" directly after starting the application may no longer lead to a lock up of the instrument. V1.21 FSW-K30: SCPI command STAT:QUES:CORR? returned 1 instead of 0 after calibration. This issue is solved. V2.71 FSW-K106: Improved the multi carrier filter which results in lower EVM values for multi carrier signals with 300 khz carrier spacing. V2.60 FSW-K192: The time stamp in PLC Messages was not correctly decoded. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-K193: Synchronous Band Power, power units dbmv & dbuv are supported. Improvements of Firmware V2.70 Since V2.50 Save Menu: The softkeys Export/Import were greyed out. This issue is solved. V2.61 ACLR with Noise Cancellation: When applying a Reference Level Offset with active Noise Cancellation the offset value was added to the ACLR results. This issue is solved. V2.61 I/Q Analyzer with FSW-B512 and external trigger: The phase of the signal had different offsets from measurement to measurement. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-B1200 with FSW-B24: amplitude flatness optimized for active preamplifier. V2.60 FSW-B1200: For analysis bandwidths > 80 MHz and <= 512 MHz the OVLD indication appeared at lower levels than expected and restricted the dynamic range. This issue is solved. V2.70 FSW-K18: Improved synchronization stability for signals with frequency offsets. V1.70 FSW-K40: The offset frequency of the spur was removed from the calculation of discrete Jitter results. V2.60 FSW-K50: Softkeys in Marker To menu are available again V2.60 FSW-K70: Improved auto-scaling of Magnitude Capture Buffer display when unit is changed from dbm to dbmv/dbµv Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 10
Since V1.50 FSW-K70: Increased resolution of the value returned by CALCulate<n>:MSRA:WINDow<n>:IVAL? V2.50 FSW-K70: The remote command SENSe:DDEMod:KDATa can now be followed immediately (without delay) by the query TRACe:DATA? MSTR V2.60 FSW-K91: Spectrum Flatness average trace was missing in case the first PPDU was cut. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-K95: The ideal points in the constellation diagram for QPSK signals were not displayed at the correct locations. This issue is solved. all all Firmware installation sometimes failed if less than 3 GB free memory were available on the SSD. This issue is solved. Note: Do not carry out installation if the installer warns that insufficient memory (less than 1.2 GB) is free on the SSD. The following issues are solved: After starting the self alignment or self test the corresponding result dialog was hidden in rare cases. Trigger Config Dialog: After switching the trigger preview off and on again it did not appear. FSW-K70: In some situations preview dialogs were displayed as if they were behind a transparent background. Improvements of Firmware V2.61 Since V2.60 FSW-B160R: After shutdown in MSRT mode the device will not boot correctly. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-K18: The equalization provided by the equalizer training algorithm for high number of coefficients was lower than expected. This issue is solved. V2.60 FSW-K18: Gain Deviation vs Time and Phase Deviation vs Time traces were sometimes displayed with an incorrect X-axis. This issue is solved. Improvements of Firmware V2.60 Since V1.60 ACLR measurement: Remote query in Multi-Standard Radio mode now also supports unit dbmv. V2.50 Stability of marker signal count result improved for frequencies above 8 GHz with active YIG preselector. V2.50 The remote command for setting the trace ascii export format :FORMat:DEXPort:FORMat CSV DAT is now working. V1.10 Impedance conversion (setting other values than 50 Ohm) no longer affects the level of the output signals (Digital I/Q Out, IF Out, VIDEO Out, DEMOD Out). V2.40 The bit 0 (CALibrating) of the remote command STAT:OPER:COND? returned 0 if the CAL? command timed out with a selfalignment still in progress. This issue is solved, V2.40 I/Q Analyzer: The relative band power markers in the spectrum display showed absolute level values. This issue is solved. V2.50SP2 System Messages not relevant for the FSW8 were displayed on the FSW8 (e.g. folder: mwc ). This issue is solved. V2.50SP2 FSW-B512 MSRA mode, FSW-B512R: For some resolution bandwidths, a single sweep caused "ghost" artefacts in the spectrum. This issue is solved. V2.50SP2 FSW-B512R: a frequency mask caused multiple trigger events if the signal level was at the mask level. This issue is solved. V2.50SP2 FSW-B160R/B512R: A previous trigger event was sometimes shown during RUN CONT with Auto-Rearm trigger. This issue is solved. V2.50SP2 FSW-B160R/B512R: When External Mixer was enabled in MSRT, client channels couldn't set a Center Frequency above the max frequency of the FSW. This issue is solved. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 11
Since V2.50SP2 FSW-B160R/B512R: The maximum range in the "Edit Frequency Mask Trigger" dialog is no longer limited to 100 db V2.50SP2 FSW-B512R: Corrected PVT Sweep-Time resolution V2.20 FSW-B2000: The duplicate channel feature now also works in B2000 mode. V2.20 FSW-B2000: In rare cases the sweep did not finish. This issue is solved. V2.50 FSW-K6: Fixed an issue with the ASCII trace export of the Result Range Spectrum display. V2.50 FSW-K60: Added online help for the feature Compensate Hop/Chirp State Deviation. V2.50 FSW-K95: Missing SCPI commands for SEM to set start & stop frequency and span are now supported V2.50 FSW-K95: Fixed scrambling code generation for certain combinations of PPDU length and scrambler initialization. V2.50 FSW-K192/K193: Constellation selection was only possible for the first analyzed frame. This issue is solved. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 12
1.4 Known Issues The following table lists the known issues and indicates since which version the issue could be observed: since V1.81 If the additional software R&S DigIConf should be installed directly on the FSW, please use the version V03.01.009.30.Build220 SP1 or newer (Beta available upon request) older version may have data transfer problems or show white screens. The R&S DigIConf software might prevent windows to shut down occasionally. If this happens, please select "Force shut down" and confirm. V1.80 FSW-B160R: No full support of trigger outputs. "Device Triggered" mode for "Frequency Mask Trigger" is available for trigger output 3 only. V1.90 FSW-B160R: Auto Adjust functions are not available in MSRT mode. V2.40 FSW-B160R/B512R: Kaiser window not supported. If selected a Blackmann Harris window is applied. V2.40 FSW-B512R: For some resolution bandwidths a single sweep causes artefacts in the spectrum that are caused by the instrument itself. 2.80 FSW-B512R: Attenuation occurs further than 240MHz away from the center frequency in replay zoom. V2.20 FSW-B2000: In some situation after recalling a file with active B2000 configuration the connection to the R&S RTO is not established. Workaround: After the recall switching the B2000 state off and on again should solve the problem. V2.40 FSW-K6: The user can set a larger amount of segment data than is actually possible with certain RTO configurations (using FSW-B2000). In this case the lower number of available segments will be analyzed and a warning will appear in the status bar. V2.20 FSW-K6: The view trace behaves like a clear write trace. V1.41 FSW-K6: After aborting a measurement via SCPI (:ABORt) the status bar still shows "Measuring...". V1.41 FSW-K6: The following commands are not available: [SENSe:]FREQuency:CENTer:STEP [SENSe:]FREQuency:CENTer:STEP V1.51 FSW-K6: After recalling a Pulse channel which was saved after a RUN SINGLE operation, the RUN SINGLE button is lit but no measurement is running. V1.60 FSW-K10: Cumulating of Modulation Spectrum limits of carriers of a multicarrier BTS not supported for frequency offsets < 1.8 MHz of the outmost carrier. V2.10 FSW-K18: The 'BB I', 'BB Q' and 'BB IxQ' graph displays do accidently take reference level offsets that are set for the RF input into account. V2.60 FSW-K18: The SCPI command CONFigure:EQUalizer[:STATe] does not cause an auto-refresh of the measurement results when working in single sweep mode. As a workaround to force the refresh perform a run single (INIT:IMM) or change another setting that causes an auto-refresh back and forth (e.g. CONF:MOD OFF; CONF:MOD ON). V2.70 FSW-K18: Pressing softkey "Update DPD Tables on Generator" directly after starting the application may lead to a lock up of the instrument. V2.80 FSW-K18: When the ACLR result table is the only active measurement in FSW-K18 (all other measurement windows have been closed) and the MultiView mode of the FSW is active, the FSW-K18 is the only application that will be updated by the Sequencer in continuous mode. V2.70 FSW-K18: Markers are not available for Parameter Sweep measurements. V2.80 FSW-K18: Parameter Sweep unnecessarily restarts the sweep when changing the result type while the sweep is already running. If the result type is changed after the sweep has been completed, a Dirty Flag is displayed even though the results are actually valid. V2.70 FSW-K18: The Input / Output dialog occasionally is too high to fit into the FSW screen. V2.80 FSW-K18: Polynomial DPD does not produce optimal results when using AM/AM first in combination with Generate Predistorted Waveform File. V2.80 FSW-K18: Occasionally the warning Press Update DPD to get valid DPD data is displayed even though no DPD is active. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 13
since V2.40 FSW-K60: The trace statistics modes "all hops" or "all chirps" will also apply min/max statistics to ClearWrite traces in hop or chirp time domain displays. V2.50 FSW-K60: Normal marker is synced across region and hop/chirp, but hop/chirp spectrum does not update if you drag a marker on the region spectrogram (and vice versa). V2.60 FSW-K60: Adding a marker to the spectrum resets selected frame in the spectrogram. V2.50SP2 FSW-K60: Trace statistics in hop or chirp time domain displays are cleared on every sweep V2.50 FSW-K70: If the window "Magnitude Overview Absolute" of "Capture Buffer" is opened in "Run Single" mode, the displayed data is outdated until "Run Single" is pressed again. V2.60 FSW-K70: In remote mode, if the capture buffer length exceeds 64 000 symbols and if the command SENSE:DDEMOD:SEARCH:MBURST:CALC is sent right after the finished measurement, occasionally the trace in the Mag(Capture Buffer) display is not visible. Workaround: Send refresh command (INIT:REFM) and re-send SENSE:DDEMOD:SEARCH:MBURST:CALC command. V2.70 FSW-K70: [SENSe:]DDEMod:SEARch:MBURst:STARt:SAMPles?, CALCulate<n>:MSRA:WINDow<n>:IVAL? and the displayed analysis range in the MSRA only work reliably for capture lengths <= 256 000 Samples V1.42 FSW-K91, -K91n, -K91ac: In case the instrument is waiting for a trigger this message is not displayed in the status bar. V1.90 FSW-K91: When measuring MIMO and recalling a save set containing the same IPaddresses of the connected devices the measurement will stop working. Please delete the shutdown file 'C:\R_S\Instr\results\Shutdown.dfl' and power cycle the FSW on the rear main switch. V2.00 FSW-K91: Please use not more than three FSW-K91 channels - at maximum capture time - to ensure that the memory of the application is not exceeded. V2.50 FSW-K91/192/K193: In some cases (using FSW-B512) auto level might not produce optimal results. Manual adjustments of the amplitude settings may be required in these cases. V2.60 FSW-K91AX HE Trigger-based PPDU analysis: In some cases the auto bandwidth detection might fail. A work around it to set the bandwidth of the signal to be measured manually. FSW-K91AX HE Trigger-based PPDU analysis: For 40MHz signals with short GI/HE-LTF size, the auto detection might fail. A work around it to set the GI/HE-LTF size of the signal to be measured manually. FSW-K91AX HE MU PPDU: Only manual PPDU Configuration is supported FSW-K91AX Ext Range SU PPDU: Only RU242 size is supported. No MIMO is supported. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 14
1.5 Changing of solid state disks between different types of CPU boards For the FSW spectrum analyzer different CPU boards are in use: IPC10 with order no. 1206.0223 and IPC11 with order no. 1206.3216. If the solid state disk is exchanged between FSWs with different types of CPU boards the screen resolution is only 800x600 and a "Drive Access Error" will be displayed from the firmware. Please switch off the device and change back to the solid stated drive which fits to the CPU board. The device will boot as usual. 1.6 Missing smartcard message For FSW spectrum analyzer produced July 2017 or later the message Missing smartcard or smartcard not initialized may appear after starting the device. This only happens if a firmware below V2.60 is used. Either because a downgrade to a version below V2.60 had been performed, or the solid state drive was exchanged with a version below V2.60. Solution: Please install firmware V2.60 or higher. The device will boot as usual. 1.7 Modifications to the Documentation The latest documentation is available for download from the Rohde & Schwarz website at: http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/manual/fsw Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 15
Firmware Update 2 Firmware Update The firmware update file for the R&S FSW is one file including the main firmware version number e.g. FSWSetup_V1.60.exe. It will be referred as FSWSetup.exe later in the text. The file can be found on Rohde & Schwarz web page 2.1 Performing the Firmware Update on the Instrument There are three ways to make the setup FSWSetup.exe visible to the device: Using a memory stick: 1. Copy the file to a directory of the memory stick and insert the memory stick into one of the USB sockets of the R&S FSW. Using the remote desktop and copying the installation files to a directory of the instrument: 1. Connect the R&S FSW to your LAN. 2. Start the remote desktop on your PC (C:\winnt\system32\mstsc.exe). 3. Enter the TCP/IP address of the instrument, you want to update. Ensure that the "local resources" > "drives" option is selected and press the "Connect" button. (To get the TCP/IP address of the R&S FSW press the hard key Setup and then the softkey Network + Remote. The IP address consists of 4 numbers between 0 and 255. 4. Login to the instrument (user name: instrument and default password 894129 ). 5. Copy the FSWSetup.exe from your PC to a new folder e.g. C:\FWUpdate. 6. You can now access this directory with the FSWSetup.exe from the R&S FSW analyzer firmware. Using a network drive: 1. Connect your R&S FSW to your LAN, and establish a connection to one of your servers. (Please ask the local IT administrator for support) 2. Copy the FSWSetup.exe from your PC to a directory on this server 3. You can now access the directory with the FSWSetup.exe from the R&S FSW analyzer firmware. Performing the update on the instrument: The firmware update process is performed by the following steps: 1. Switch the instrument on and wait until the Analyzer has resumed operation. 2. Press the "SETUP" hard key, then the softkey System Config, and select the tab Firmware Update. A file browser is displayed to select the proper FSW*.exe setup file. Change the path to the drive and directory which you prepared in the step before (USB stick Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 16
Firmware Update directory, remote PC directory or directory on a server) and close the dialog with the Install button. 3. Press the "Next" button to come to the selection of the firmware packages. By default all application should be installed. Ensure that the applications needed are selected. 4. Press the "Install" button. The firmware will be stopped and the installation starts. After a few minutes the system restarts automatically. After the restart the firmware installation is complete. After the firmware update the "UNCAL" flag appears. A self alignment is necessary. 5. Press the "SETUP" hard key, the softkey "Alignment" and then press the button "Start Self Alignment" to invoke the alignment procedure. 2.2 Performing the Firmware Update from a Windows PC If the firmware version 1.10 or newer is installed on the instrument the new firmware can also be uploaded without using a memory stick or a network drive. Just a LAN connection from the instrument and a Windows PC is necessary. 1. Run FSWSetup.exe on your PC. 2. Select Remote Installation and click the button Next. 3. Select the Packages which shall be installed and click the button Next. HINT FOR FIRE WALL USERS: The FSWSetup.exe is communicating with the instruments via LAN. Therefore it is necessary that the FSWSetup.exe may pass the fire wall. After adding it to the fire wall rules, restart the scan by clicking on Rescan. 4. After scanning your LAN subnet all found instruments are listed. Select the instruments you want to update. It is possible to select up to 5 instruments for updating in parallel. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 17
Firmware Update Please be careful and check twice if you have selected the correct instruments. Depending on your company s network structure also instruments of other departments will show up! 5. Additional help will be displayed after clicking the button Help and further options are available by clicking the button Options. 6. Start the installation by selecting Install 7. Confirm that you want to reboot the instrument in order to activate the firmware update (the instrument then restarts automatically) 2.3 Operation with and without Administrator Rights With firmware version V1.41 or higher, the analyzer may be operated with or without administrator rights. Some administrative tasks (e.g. LXI functions or network configuration) do require administrator rights. Since firmware V1.60 a firmware update is also possible without administrator rights. In the default configuration, auto login is enabled, and the Instrument account with administrator rights is active. This means that no password is required, and the full functionality of the analyzer is available. An additional user account (user name NormalUser with default password 894129 ) is pre-defined. Use standard Windows functionality if you wish to deactivate the auto login mechanism and activate the NormalUser account. Please refer also to the Quick Start Manual of the FSW. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 18
Firmware Update 2.4 Installing Firmware Options 2.4.1 Firmware options included in basic instrument The R&S FSW-K7, R&S FSW-K19, R&S FSW-K33, R&S FSW-K54 and R&S FSW- K544 application software packages are included in the basic instrument firmware. Therefore they do not have a separate item in the installer to be selected. 2.4.2 Other Firmware Options within the FSWSetup.exe File The R&S FSW-K6, R&S FSW-K10, R&S FSW-K15, R&S FSW-K17, R&S FSW-K18, R&S FSW-K30, R&S FSW-K40, R&S FSW-K50, R&S FSW-K60, R&S FSW-K70, R&S FSW-K72/73, R&S FSW-K76/77, R&S FSW-K82/83, R&S FSW-K84/85, R&S FSW- K91, R&S FSW-K95, R&S FSW-K100/101/102/104/105, R&S FSW-K106, R&S FSW- K118/K119, R&S FSW-K192/193 and R&S FSW-K201 application software packages have their own installation item and are therefore added to the selection list during the firmware update. Ensure that the checkbox is checked if the installation is requested. Note: The functionality of FSW-K6S is integrated within FSW-K6 and is activated by its own key code. The functionality of FSW-K18D is integrated within FSW-K18 and is activated by its own key code. The functionality of FSW-K70P is integrated within FSW-K70 and is activated by its own key code. The functionality of the FSW-K91p, FSW-K91n, FSW-K91ac and FSW-K91ax are integrated within FSW-K91 and are activated by their own key code. The functionality of the FSW-K60C and FSW-K60H are integrated within FSW-K60 and are activated by their own key code. This R&S FSW Signal Analyzer Firmware is compatible to the following options: FSW-K6/ K6S FSW-K10 FSW-K15 FSW-K17 FSW-K18/ K18D V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 FSW-K30 FSW-K40 FSW-K50 FSW-K60/ K60C/K60H FSW-K70 FSW-K70P V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 FSW-K72 FSW-K73 FSW-K76 FSW-K77 FSW-K82 FSW-K83 FSW-K84 FSW-K85 FSW- K91/K91p/ K91n/K91ac/ K91ax V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 FSW-K95 FSW- K100/K101/ K102/K103/ K104/K105 FSW-K106 FSW-K118 FSW-K119 FSW-K192 FSW-K193 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 V2.80 Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 19
Firmware Update FSW-K201 V2.80 2.4.3 Enabling Options by Entering Option Key Codes This section can be skipped if the option key was entered once. To activate application software packages, you must enter a license key for validation. If a XML-file with an option key was sent to you see the install description below. The license key is in the device certificate or delivered as a part of the software package. The process is performed in the following steps: 1. Press the "SETUP" hard key. 2. Go to the tab Versions + Options 3. Press the button "Install Option". A dialog box is displayed. 4. Enter the option key number using the keypad. 5. Press "ENTER". After a successful validation the message "Option Key valid" is displayed. If the validation failed, the option software is not installed. 6. Reboot the device. Installation of options via XML-file 1. Press the "SETUP" hard key. 2. Go to the tab Versions + Options 3. Press the button "Install Option by XML". A file browser is displayed. 4. Select the path to the XML file (e.g. network drive or USB stick) 5. Press "Select". After a successful validation the message "Option Key valid" is displayed. If the validation failed, the option software is not installed. 6. Reboot the device. Release Notes 1173.9963.02-56 20
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